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Arantor

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Re: More thoughts on SMF 2.1
« Reply #15, on August 25th, 2012, 01:07 AM »
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Well, right now I'm wondering if the relative success of Wuthering in the poll could be due to my using Segoe UI in it..?
Maybe if I changed it to Arial and I set Segoe UI here, we'd see a vote reversal immediately.
Try it. Did I link the article about Segoe UI, actually? http://www.datamation.com/columns/executive_tech/article.php/3601421 if you haven't seen it.

It's actually linked from a piece about MS' new logo which is as you mention, Segoe UI with 4 solid boxes. Even I can do better than that.

I like that new logo, is pretty neat :)
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Re: More thoughts on SMF 2.1
« Reply #16, on August 25th, 2012, 02:55 PM »
Quote from Arantor on August 25th, 2012, 01:07 AM
Try it.
Well, done for a few hours but have yet to see any feedback... ;) I increased the font size but didn't test with an Arial fallback (too many things I'm working on at the same time...)
I have to say, I still prefer Arial right now. Probably something to do with the color contrast.
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Did I link the article about Segoe UI, actually? http://www.datamation.com/columns/executive_tech/article.php/3601421 if you haven't seen it.
Nope, hadn't read it... It's an old article ;)
And yes, Segoe UI = Frutiger, although I would have said = Myriad Pro but it's true that Myriad itself is strongly inspired by Frutiger's works. (Well he's one of the most influential typeface designers... I guess at this point he's seen as the father of modern humanist fonts?)
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It's actually linked from a piece about MS' new logo which is as you mention, Segoe UI with 4 solid boxes. Even I can do better than that.
I think I can trust you on that :lol:
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I like that new logo, is pretty neat :)
Yeah it is innit?
But you know what? I already posted a preliminary version, which didn't spark any interest :P
http://wedge.org/pub/6271/logo-madness/msg272473/#msg272473
And other versions on the page before that...
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